La Vuelta 2016 – Stage 16 [FULL STAGE]

September 5, 2016
La Vuelta 2016 – Stage 16 [FULL STAGE] – Alcañiz – Peñíscola – 156,4 km (Flat stage)

The 2016 Vuelta a España is a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that is scheduled to take place in Spain between 20 August and 11 September 2016. The race is the 71st edition of the Vuelta a España and it will be the final Grand Tour of the 2016 cycling season.

Jempy Drucker (BMC Racing) claimed his first Grand Tour stage victory after winning the sprint finish on stage 16 of the Vuelta a Espana. Drucker outsprinted Bora Argon’s Rudiger Selig and Giant-Alpecin’s Nikias Arndt in Peñíscola.

Gianni Meersman (Etixx-QuickStep) finished fourth after being forced to take up his sprint with more than 200 metres to go. The Belgian, who has won two stages of this Vuelta a Espana, was left alone by his team had to wind up his sprint to bring back late attacker Daniele Bennati (Tinkoff), who had a small gap with just metres to go.

Drucker blew past a tiring Meersman with a hundred metres to go and won by a clear margin in the end. Meersman faded further with Selig and Arndt passing him before the line.

“It’s nice, it’s cool to have a victory in a Grand Tour it’s nice to have that by your name,” Drucker said after the stage. “I suffered a lot in the last stages, especially the day on the Aubisque. I always kept believing in the sprint stages and I was confident in my sprint. I only took my chance.

“[The finish] was hectic because of all the roundabouts, so it was about choosing the right wheels. I had Danilo Wyss who made a perfect job until almost the final kilometre and then I was just hoping and hoping to get the an opening and I made the perfect sprint.”

Nairo Quintana (Movistar) finished safely inside the bunch to keep his place in the red jersey ahead of Chris Froome (Team Sky).

How it happened

The start of stage 16 was bogged down in the contentious issue surrounding the decision to keep 93 riders in the race despite them missing the time cut by more than 20 minutes on an explosive stage 15 to Formigal. Race director Javier Guillen stood by his decision when questioned by reporters, calling the situation exceptional.

Whatever the riders thought, the decision had been made and 164 riders made the start in Alcañiz, much to the relief of several teams who would have seen all their riders head home. With just one third category climb and a lengthy descent to the finish, stage 16 always looked like it would be one for the fast men. With so few opportunities for the sprinters, this was not one they were going to give away.

A six-man break got away very quickly, with Luis Angel Maté (Cofidis) among the number. Prior to the stage, Mate had garnered the opinion of his Twitter followers as to whether or not he should go in the break. On overwhelming number said yes and Maté duly abided. Joining Maté was Silvan Dillier (BMC), Sven Erik Bystrom (Katusha), Julien Morice (Direct Energie), Davide Villella (Cannondale) and Mario Costa (Lampre – Merida).

Simon Yates (Orica-BikeExchange) had an unexpected interruption to his day when he and teammate Sam Bewley (Orica-BikeExchange) hit the deck in the middle of the peloton on a flat stretch of road. After a quick visit to the doctor’s car, the pair were easily able to make it back up to the peloton.

IAM Cycling and Etixx-QuickStep kept a tight leash on the escapees, giving them no more than 3:30 minutes of an advantage before they started bringing them back. Giant-Alpecin and Dimension Data also lent a hand, giving Movistar a welcome break from the effort on the front of the bunch. As the leaders descended the Alto Castillo de Morella, with 60 kilometres still to run, the six men had just over two minutes to play with.

The peloton never looked too troubled in the chase and with 20 kilometres remaining they had the six men in their sights. The day would finally be done for the escapees with 12 kilometres to go and the GC teams immediately moved to the front with a technical run to the line a serious danger for their race leaders. The peloton had to negotiate a large number of roundabouts as they twisted and turned towards the finish line.

Tinkoff’s Bennati decided to try and take advantage of the difficult finish, attacking as they approached one of the many roundabouts in the final three kilometres. He had a slim margin going into the final kilometre but was eventually overtaken when Meersman began his sprint, a move that proved too soon.

Meersman slipped back in the final hundred metres, with Drucker overtaking him to take his first Grand Tour stage win.

Results :

1 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 3:21:18
2 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
3 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
4 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
5 Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ
6 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling
7 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data
8 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
9 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
10 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Team Katusha
11 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ
12 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:02
13 Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
14 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-BikeExchange
15 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo
16 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale
17 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
18 Loïc Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
19 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
20 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha
21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
22 Ryan Anderson (Can) Direct Energie
23 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team
24 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
25 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
26 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff Team
27 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
28 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
29 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre – Merida
30 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-BikeExchange
31 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team
32 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange
33 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
34 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team
35 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
36 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
37 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange
38 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff Team
39 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
40 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling
41 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
42 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
43 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team
44 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
45 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step
46 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
47 David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
48 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
49 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
50 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
51 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:00:10
52 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step
53 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:13
54 Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team
55 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 0:00:18
56 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
57 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:20
58 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team
59 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ
60 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
61 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha
62 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
63 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
64 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
65 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
66 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
67 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
68 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data
69 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
70 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha
71 Benjamin King (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
72 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
73 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:29
74 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:32
75 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
76 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step
77 Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha
78 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Astana Pro Team
79 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
80 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
81 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac
82 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
83 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:39
84 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 0:00:45
85 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
86 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
87 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie
88 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie
89 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal
90 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
91 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling
92 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre – Merida
93 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18
94 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
95 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling
96 Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18
97 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) IAM Cycling 0:00:52
98 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:05
99 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
100 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 0:01:07
101 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky 0:01:15
102 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
103 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 0:01:17
104 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:01:37
105 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:02
106 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:45
107 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Tinkoff Team 0:02:01
108 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:02:26
109 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie
110 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Bora-Argon 18 0:02:47
111 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:02:59
112 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:13
113 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:22
114 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
115 Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling
116 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
117 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
118 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling
119 Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data 0:03:27
120 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-BikeExchange 0:03:35
121 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-BikeExchange
122 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre – Merida
123 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Soudal
124 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida
125 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ
126 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky 0:03:38
127 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:04:26
128 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team
129 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:04:35
130 Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling
131 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18
132 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff Team
133 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Team Katusha
134 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Tinkoff Team
135 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ
136 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Team
137 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie
138 Brian Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie
139 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
140 Julien Morice (Fra) Direct Energie
141 Sindre Skjoestad Lunke (Nor) Team Giant-Alpecin
142 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Team Katusha
143 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky
144 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
145 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx – Quick-Step
146 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team
147 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
148 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
149 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
150 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
151 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida
152 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre – Merida
153 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida
154 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
155 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
156 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
157 Jaime Roson (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
158 Jack Haig (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
159 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
160 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre – Merida
161 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
162 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff Team 0:04:45
163 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky
164 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky

General Classification after Stage 16:

1 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 64:57:27
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:03:37
3 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-BikeExchange 0:03:57
4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team 0:04:02
5 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange 0:05:07
6 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:06:12
7 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:06:43
8 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 0:07:17
9 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:07:23
10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:07:39
11 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team 0:08:05
12 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:09:45
13 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:10:09
14 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:11:06
15 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:11:44
16 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:12:48
17 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:14:13
18 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:17:41
19 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ 0:20:15
20 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:22:48
21 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:31:53
22 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:31:54
23 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:32:56
24 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:40:02
25 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:41:07
26 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:46:46
27 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:48:31
28 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida 0:53:09
29 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:53:57
30 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:55:06
31 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky 1:00:11
32 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data 1:02:57
33 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:03:08
34 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 1:03:12
35 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:04:46
36 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 1:06:51
37 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 1:11:45
38 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Tinkoff Team 1:12:17
39 Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team 1:12:39
40 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac 1:13:09
41 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 1:16:52
42 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 1:17:30
43 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step 1:18:11
44 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18 1:21:36
45 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1:23:24
46 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 1:24:22
47 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 1:24:44
48 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Tinkoff Team 1:26:06
49 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling 1:26:09
50 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:26:58
51 Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling 1:32:20
52 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 1:33:00
53 Benjamin King (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 1:35:00
54 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 1:35:20
55 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 1:36:45
56 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:37:34
57 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 1:45:08
58 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida 1:50:09
59 Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha 1:51:00
60 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 1:53:40
61 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step 1:55:00
62 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 1:55:01
63 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-BikeExchange 1:59:31
64 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:02:10
65 Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data 2:03:02
66 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 2:03:47
67 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:03:49
68 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 2:11:18
69 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre – Merida 2:14:49
70 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre – Merida 2:17:45
71 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff Team 2:18:45
72 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 2:26:22
73 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 2:28:55
74 Jaime Roson (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 2:30:14
75 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:30:41
76 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha 2:32:29
77 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) IAM Cycling 2:34:17
78 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 2:34:29
79 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18 2:34:40
80 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ 2:34:41
81 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Astana Pro Team 2:38:28
82 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 2:38:30
83 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:39:25
84 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 2:39:48
85 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 2:40:41
86 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 2:41:12
87 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:41:51
88 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:42:05
89 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 2:42:11
90 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:42:15
91 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre – Merida
92 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha 2:43:22
93 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data 2:43:54
94 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 2:44:19
95 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 2:45:49
96 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 2:46:46
97 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Team 2:46:54
98 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 2:47:15
99 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 2:47:24
100 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 2:48:54
101 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2:49:19
102 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 2:49:22
103 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 2:49:45
104 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 2:50:39
105 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ 2:50:52
106 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 2:51:32
107 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff Team 2:52:56
108 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:58:05
109 Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling 2:59:28
110 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 2:59:34
111 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 2:59:47
112 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre – Merida 3:00:28
113 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 3:01:20
114 Jack Haig (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 3:02:37
115 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 3:03:39
116 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 3:05:56
117 Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 3:08:56
118 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff Team 3:09:31
119 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo 3:12:00
120 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
121 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3:15:29
122 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 3:16:14
123 David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3:16:44
124 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 3:18:31
125 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Bora-Argon 18 3:21:23
126 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky 3:22:38
127 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 3:23:06
128 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team 3:27:07
129 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 3:27:18
130 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Soudal 3:28:43
131 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Team Katusha 3:29:39
132 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 3:30:38
133 Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3:33:05
134 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3:33:12
135 Sindre Skjoestad Lunke (Nor) Team Giant-Alpecin 3:34:37
136 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 3:35:16
137 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 3:38:17
138 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 3:40:10
139 Ryan Anderson (Can) Direct Energie 3:43:10
140 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick-Step 3:45:42
141 Loïc Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3:46:53
142 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-BikeExchange 3:47:21
143 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange 3:47:56
144 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 3:49:39
145 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 3:52:16
146 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Team Katusha 3:53:49
147 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 3:54:21
148 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 3:55:58
149 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 3:56:06
150 Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 3:59:57
151 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida 4:02:32
152 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre – Merida 4:02:45
153 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie 4:03:04
154 Brian Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie 4:03:49
155 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx – Quick-Step 4:05:27
156 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff Team 4:05:53
157 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 4:07:00
158 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4:08:18
159 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 4:09:04
160 Julien Morice (Fra) Direct Energie 4:11:02
161 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
162 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 4:14:00
163 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 4:15:38
164 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-BikeExchange 4:16:35